A MAN has admitted threatening a woman with a Stanley knife.

Nicholas Dalton, 37, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to a charge of threatening Hannah Dalton with an article with a blade or point and breaching a restraining order.

He appeared via video link at York Crown Court on Friday.

The Honorary Recorder of York, Judge Paul Batty QC, adjourned sentencing until July 27 and remanded Dalton in custody until that date.